"Editor's note: the sound of children screaming has been removed"

"Editor's note: the sound of children screaming has been removed"* 

We demand a hero for this story.  

(And all such stories) 

If we can’t have a hero, well then, a scapegoat. 

And we demand to debate legislation 

And to accuse 

and to slander

And to justify 

And to armchair psychoanalyze 

the shit out of everyone involved. 

What we will not tolerate,

what we cannot endure, 

don’t you dare even suggest, 

is to hear the screams of the children, 

worlds without end. 

*This note appears in the 78 minutes of school security footage in Robb Elementary by the Austin American Statesman.